a tropical storm warning has been issued for new england from the coast of massachusetts to maine. >>> now the hurricane could mess up your travel plans if you're flying to the east coast for the holiday weekend. many airlines have already said that they'll waive any fees to change your flight or make up the difference if you need to cancel your plans entirely. but, of course, if you are flying it's always a food idea to check ahead. >> you bet. all this storm talk brings us to tonight's good question. why are they called "hurricanes" here but cyclones in other parts of the world? they can go by different names but the recipe is nearly always the same. big storms that spin near too equator, go spinning out with heavy rains, low pressure and driving damaging winds. the ingredient of what are generally called cyclones. >> we call them tropical cyclones, it's kind of the overall name that we give hurricanes, tropical depressions, tropical storms. >> tom evans, part of the team of meatologist who staff the national weather service headquarters in monterey, from their satellites they can m